Tipp Tatler Issue 180 Oct 2011

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Jokes A man enters a barber shop for a shave.

While the barber is foaming him up, he mentions the problems he has getting a close shave around the cheeks.

"I have just the thing," says the barber taking a small wooden ball from a nearby drawer. "Just place this between your cheek and gum."

The client places the ball in his mouth and the barber proceeds with the closest shave the man has ever experienced. After a few strokes the client asks in garbled speech.

"And what if I swallow it?"

"No problem," says the barber. "Just bring it back tomorrow like everyone else does."

A woman was shopping in an upscale pet center. "I want a dog of which I can be proud," she told the salesman.

"Does that one have a good pedigree?"

"Miss," declared the clerk, "if she could speak, she wouldn't talk to either one of us."

At the urging of his doctor, Bill moved to Texas.

After settling in, he met a neighbor who was also an older man.

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God could not be everywhere, so He created Grandmothers.

"It sure is," the man replied.

"When I first arrived here I couldn't say one word. I had hardly any hair on my head. I didn't have the strength to walk across a room and I had to be lifted out of bed."

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There is this atheist swimming in the ocean. All of the sudden he sees this shark in the water, so he starts swimming towards his boat.

As he looks back he sees the shark turn and head towards him. His boat is a ways off and he starts swimming like crazy. He's scared to death, and as he turns to see the jaws of the great white beast open revealing its teeth in a horrific splendor, the atheist screams, "Oh God! Save me!"

In an instant time is frozen and a bright light shines down from above. The man is motionless in the water when he hears the voice of God say, "You are an atheist. Why do you call upon me when you do not believe in me?"

Aghast with confusion and knowing he can't lie the man replies, "Well, that's true I don't believe in you, but how

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The Lord replies, "As you wish," and the light retracted back into the heavens and the man could feel the water begin to move once again.

As the atheist looks back he can see the jaws of the shark start to close down on him, when all of sudden the shark stops and pulls back.

Shocked, the man looks at the shark as the huge beast closes its eyes and bows its head and says, "Thank you Lord for this food for which I am about to receive..."

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Borrisokane Cine Club The Clarke Memorial Hall in Borrisokane is in the process of setting up a Cine Club with the invaluable assistance, advice and support of Ken Curran from the Cloughjordan Cine Club.

Our first venture will be a screening of the wonderful french film Amelie, (Certificate 15), Sunday 30th October 2011 at 8pm. The aim of

the Cine Club will be to host a variety of movies – both Irish and international – and one we would be very keen to host is Stella Days, starring Martin Sheen, as there is a strong local interest. We would love to welcome you to our first showing this Sunday, after which there will be an opportunity to discuss what direction the club could take.

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Hullabaloo!

Children’s Art Festival, Birr Hullabaloo! – a Week Of Fun, Frolics And Mayhem For Offaly’s Children Hullabaloo! – Offaly’s Children’s Arts Festival returns from Wednesday 2 – Saturday 5 November with another cracking mid-term programme of exuberant artistic delights for children. Promising a week of fun, frolics and mayhem this Festival will run simultaneously in Birr and Clara and offers something for all the family.

Children will be introduced to a range of different arts forms; some of the highlights include a visit by Poulnabrone Bouncy Dolmen, a monumental inflatable sculpture by artist Jim Ricks; a moonlit world of strange and exotic creatures at the Moon Garden; Camera, Action, Shoot in which children will create

their own animated short film; Hullabaloo! Glee Club; a sing-a-long bus and a storytelling caravan. Other workshops include Hip-Hop Dance, Paint a Plate, Make a Dragon Fly, storytelling, creative writing and a drumming workshop.

A number of Ireland’s top theatre companies are taking part in this year’s Hullabaloo!; Monkeyshine Theatre’s “A Paper Princess”, Dog and String Theatre Company with “The Billy Holiday Show” and Little Big Top’s Production of “Jungle Adventure”.

Full details available on www.birrtheatre.com and www.offaly.ie. Booking details vary between towns so check the details in the programme. Details are also available on 057 9122911 (Birr) and 057 9357400.

Halloween Party Night Aglish Residents Development Committee & Aglish Macra are joining forces on Saturday 29th October to host the party of all parties this Halloween in aid of the Irish Cancer So-

ciety in The Village Inn Aglish. So get your costumes ready & prepare for a night of tricks, treats & dares with disco & karaoke by Tipp FM Radio presenter Aidan Mac.

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Win a Stove It is pretty well-know nowadays that an open fireplace and chimney is a very wasteful form of heating you home. The sustainable energy authority of Ireland (SEAI), maintains that a traditional open fire has an efficiency of between 10 and 30%. Energy efficiency is essentially ratio between the energy input i.e. your coal, wood, Oil, wind, solar radiation and the useful energy output, heat for your home & water, electricity, etc.

As mentioned an open fire has an efficiency of around 20%, nowadays most solid fuel stoves have an efficiency of 65-80%, with some wood pellet boilers up to 85%. If we take a typical value of 75%, this means that you need one bucket of fuel instead of 4 buckets with an open fire. For a typical house which probably spends around €800-€1200 on solid fuel per year (eg 2 bags of coal per week September to April) with a more efficient stove a homeowner can halve their fuel cost saving them €400-600. With a typical stove costing €1000-€1500 depending on the size and modification to the flue and fireplace, a stove could be paid back within 2/3 years and then you are saving €400600/year!!!!! This is without taking into account the rising cost of fuel and energy. Having a stove instead of an open fire means that not only are you using a more efficient system but the system is more responsive so if you want hot water heated from your back boiler then a stove will be much faster than your back boiler from an open fire.

European Citizens Climate Cup (ECCC) stack effect meaning that the hot air in the room leaves the room very quickly compared to a system when the flue is closed.

Aside from the financial implications of have what is a hole in your roof, you also have to take into account the health issue that a colder house might have on the occupants’ health. If you have a house when the temperature is constantly fluctuating, it can lead to the winter flu/colds and other typical ailments associated with the cold weather. Having a draught free house and a well insulated house keeps the houses temperature constant and your body temperature constant.

Open fires also have a higher fire risk due to sparking etc in addition to excess dust and soot being emitted.

Asthma sufferers may find their symptoms worse after spending time in dusty environments. For both stoves and an open fire, it is strongly recommended to get a carbon monoxide detector as exposure to this may cause death, a detector costs €20.

For a chance to win a high efficiency stove, including installation, enter the European Citizens climate cup (ECCC). All people who have entered the competition by the 30th of October will be eligible to win. The As part of the SERVE Community ECCC is a energy savings competiProject, TEA is analysing the temper- tion between homeowners where the ature profile of sitting room with winners can win prizes up to €2,000 chimneys/open flues and one with a with the national winner winning a sealed flue/stove. With our initial pi- trip to award ceremony in Brussels. lot scheme we saw a temperature dif- With monthly prizes for participants, ference of 5˚C between houses with newsletters on energy saving methan open flue/traditionally chimney ods, energy news and much more visand the sealed type for a stove over it ie.theclimatecup.eu for details and the cold winter months of last year. tips. As part of the climate cup we Not only will this mean that the open will be holding 8 free energy saving fire is inefficient to start but also has clinics around Co. Tipperary over the to heat up colder air which means next 3 months, please check local that it uses more fuel to heat the cold newspapers and ie.climatecup.eu for air when the open flue/chimney. This more information on these upcoming difference is caused by the chimney, events. a hole in the roof, employing the

Tipperary Energy Agency is organising a series of Home Energy Information Evenings to help homeowners decrease their energy use and make their homes warmer and more comfortable.

The events will take place in: • • • • • • •

Drombane Community Hall: 21st october Nenagh, Abbey Court: 27th october Roscrea, Damer Court: 3rd november Carrick on Suir, Carraig hotel: 7th November Clonmel park Hotel: 17th November Thurles. LIT Thurles Campus: 24th November Cashel, Bru Boru: 30th November

Events will start at 7.30pm on each night As well as presentations from the Tipperary staff on how to save energy, independent experts and contractors will also be available to answer your queries. Be present on the night of your choice and be in with the chance to enter competitions and win prizes.

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Congatulations to Thomas MacDonaghs and Moyle Rovers on qualifying for the county senior football final.

Thomas MacDonaghs reached their first final by surprising favourites Clonmel Commericals in their semifinal on Saturday and Moyle Rovers defeated Arravale Rovers in the other semi-final. The county senior football will be played at Leahy Park Cashel on Sunday November 6 at 2.30pm. It will be preceded by the County Minor B football final between Ballyporeen and Kildangan.

County Intermediate Hurling Final

Congratulations to Aherlow on winning their first County Intermediate Hurling title on Saturday last when they defeated Gortnahoe Glengoole in the final at Golden by 1-11 to 0-10.

Proceeds Aherlow won the Junior A title in in Aid of 2009 so it’s a great achievement to be Intermediate champions only 2 years Hospital of the later. Of course, they won the county Assumption senior football title in 2010 so it’s Thurles & been a great 3 years for the club. Hard luck to Gortnahoe Glengoole on losTemplemore ing the final for the second year in a Day Care Centre row but there is no doubt they will persevere and return to the victory podium soon. They still have the mid final to play against Clonakenny. Well done also to the Golden club for hosting the final and to referee Johnny Ryan and his officials. Aherlow will Program of Events 12.30 pm. Eamon an Chnoic Loop play the winners of Dunhill Friday Nov. 11th. 8.30 pm. Reception 12.30 pm. Birchill Nature Trail. Start (Waterford) and Effin (Limerick) in Rosmult. 8 km. 2 ½ hrs. the Munster Club Intermediate semiand official opening in Upperchurch 1.00 pm. 25 km Leisurely Family final on November 6.

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Cycle. Start Upperchurch. Helmets th Sat. Nov. 12 . 10.00 am. Hills of Upcompulsory. Children must be acperchurch Walk. 18 km 6 hrs. Steep companied by adult.

Munster Club Hurling Championclimbs.

Registration fee for all walks and cy- ship 12.00 noon. Red Hugh and Knockacle: Adults 10 euro, children 5 euro. lough Walks. 6 km and 10 km. 2hrs Good luck to Drom and Inch for their Complimentary refreshments at all and 3 hrs.

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Munster Club hurling championship events.

Eamon an Chnoic Loop 8 km. 2 ½ quarter final against Ballygunner of hrs.

Poster competition for primary Waterford on Sunday next, October 5.00 pm. Set dancing lessons. and post-primary schools. 500 euro 30 at Semple Stadium at 2pm. Extra 9.30 pm. Traditional music session. prize fund. 4 age categories. Theme time will be played in the event of a Sun. Nov 13th. 11.00 am. Lowland “Historical Tipperary”. Closing date draw. Colm Lyons of Cork will be the referee.

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Further info on all events at 12.00 noon. Red Hugh and Knockawww.upperchurch.ie or phone 0504 County Junior A Football Final lough Walks.

54443 weekdays 10 to 2 or 0504 54284 or 086 0518934 at other times. Congratulations to Kildangan on winning their second junior A football county title. They bridged a 21 year gap to register a 1-13 to 1-6 win over Ballylooby Castelgrace at Boherlahan on Saturday. Kildangan will play Glin or Sean Finns of Limerick in the MunTo find out about advertising on our ster Club Junior Football quarter-final Website www.TippTatler.ie Phone: 0504-51945 on November 6 at a Tipperary venue.

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County Minor A Football Final The county minor A football final between Clonmel Commercials and Golden Kilfeacle will be played at Cahir on Sunday next at 1.30pm.

Commericals are defending champions and Golden Kilfeacle are seeking their first title at this grade.

All Stars Congratulations to Tipperary’s 4 All Stars – Paul Curran, Michael Cahill, Padraic Maher and Larry Corbett.

Paul Curran won his second consecutive All-Star award at full-back joining legendary full-backs such as Pat Hartigan (Limerick), Martin O'Doherty (Cork), Leonard Enright (Limerick), Eugene Coughlan (Offaly), Conor Hayes (Galway), Noel Sheehy (Tipperary), Brian Lohan (Clare) and Diarmuid O'Sullivan (Cork) who have secured consecutive All-Star awards in the number 3 position. Interestingly, Tipperary defenders have now won the full-back All Star hurling award in 4 of the last 5 seasons (Declan Fanning 2007, Padraic Maher 2009 and Paul Curran 2010 and 2011). Noel Hickey (Kilkenny) in 2008 is the other player to win an All-Star full-back award during this period. This is also the first year that 3 players from the same Tipperary club won awards with Michael Cahill, Padraic Maher and Larry Corbett all from Thurles Sarsfields. Larry Corbett becomes the fifth Tipperary player to win awards in 3 consecutive years joining Francis Loughnane (7173), Nicky English (83-85 and 87-89), Michael Cleary (4 in a row, 90-93) and Eoin Kelly (04-06). Padraic Maher won his second award and it was Michael Cahill’s first. Tipperary have won 83 All Stars since the current awards were first introduced in 1971 – 81 hurling and 2 football (Declan Browne in 1998 and 2003). There were 7 years in which Tipperary won no hurling All Star – 1974, 76,77,81,82,95 and 98.

Tomas O Baroid’s Book Launch The eagerly awaited autobiography of former long-serving Tipperary County Board Secretary, Tomas Ó Baróid will be launched at the Thurles Sarsfields Social Centre on Friday, November 11 at 8pm. The book is entitled “The Rúnaí: 50 Years of GAA memories” and was written by Tommy with Thurles woman, Susan Max. Peter Quinn, former GAA President, will be there to launch the book officially. All are welcome to attend the launch. Copies of the book will be

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available for sale on the night and all proceeds will go to the Hospice. Tommy is currently President of the Tipperary GAA Board and his contribution to the GAA in Tipperary over the last half century and more has been extraordinary. We hope there will be a big turnout for the book launch. With a book that’s sure to have many interesting tales to tell and the proceeds going to the Hospice, it’s undoubtedly an event worth attending.

New Minor Hurling Management Tipperary County Board has approved the appointment of a new minor hurling management team.

William Maher (Ballingarry) will be the manager and his selectors will be Brian Horgan (Knockavilla Donaskeigh Kickhams), Martin Maher (Borris-Ileigh) and Noel Morris (Loughmore Castleiney). William Maher was a member of the under 21 management team for the last 2 years.

Previous to that he was on the Dublin minor hurling managent team. He captained Tipperary to win the minor hurling All Ireland title in 1996 and also played under 21 and senior for the county before injury ended his playing career. Brian Horgan captained Tipperary to win the All Ireland under 21 hurling title in 1995 and also played minor and senior hurling for the county. He was coach to Gortnahoe Glengoole this year and also worked with the Tipperary under 17 development team. Martin Maher played all grades of hurling with Tipperary and won a Munster under 21 medal in 2003. He has been coaching development squads and also school teams at Thurles CBS. Noel Morris also played all grades of hurling with Tipperary and won an All Ireland senior medal in 2001 and an All Ireland under 21 medal in 1995. He has been joint manager of the Loughmore Castleiney senior hurling and football teams for the last 2 years. We wish them every success in their new roles and we thank the previous management team for their efforts.

Tipp Hurling Club New York Dinner Dance The Tipperary Hurling Club in New York will hold its annual dinner dance on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 8pm at the Lake Isle Country Club, 660 White Plains Rd, Eastchester. The guest of honour will be Owen Cummins formerly of Fethard who played inter-county hurling and football with Tipperary. Special guests will include

David Power – Minor Football Manager, Liam McGrath – Minor Football Captain, Noel Morris – Tipperary Football Board Chairman, Tipperary Representatives on the New York Junior Football Team - Aine O’Dwyer (Killenaule) and Fiona O’Dwyer (Borrisoleigh/Horse & Jockey) and Player of the Year,Paul Loughnane.

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Shinty Congratulations to Eoin Kelly (Mullinahone) and Brendan Maher (Borris-Ileigh) who were both on the Ireland team for the first of the 2 leg annual shinty / hurling internationals against Scotland played at Athy last Saturday. Ireland won by 1-16 to 2-8 with Eoin Kelly scoring 5 points. The second leg will be played at Inverness this Saturday, October 29.

Tipperary IT Committee The IT officer of Tipperary County Board, Edward Kinane, is looking for club members with an interest in IT and its use in the GAA to join the county IT committee. Email is now the primary communications mechanism within the GAA and the prevalence of IT will continue to grow in the Association. We want to ensure that we are to the forefront of these developments in Tipperary. Anybody interested in assisting the IT committee with its work should email Edward Kinane at itofficer.tipperary@gaa.ie

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Five Thousand Euro Won By Lattin Cullin GAA Bringing the community together was the theme for the recent GAA Force competition held by Ulster Bank in which clubs were invited to submit the ideas for upgrading their facilities over the Autumn Bank Holiday. Proud winners in the Munster region and recipients of a ?5,000 cheque were Lattin Cullen GAA of Co Tipperary; Siobhan O'Donnell who was a major force behind the clubs bid was overjoyed to hear the good news earlier this month saying "We thought it was a joke at first but now the reality has sunk in we are absolutely thrilled with the news" Siobhan also points out that the result was very much due to the team efforts of the ladies Juvenile Committee who had prepared the photographs and plans which included improvements to the meeting areas, kitchen and toilets, upgrades that can be enjoyed not only by the GAA players but also other groups within the area catering for Irish dancing, card playing and many other community functions.

To celebrate the win Michael Ryan, business development manager of Ulster Bank, Thurles and Susan Madden of their Dooradoyle branch visited the club to present the cheque before the building work began in earnest. Both Michael and Susan were given a tour of the clubhouse

Gypsy Jazz and Craft Beers come to Cloughjordan Ireland’s First Gypsy Jazz Festival Comes to Tipperary. This October bank holiday weekend (28th-30th) sees the launch of Ireland's first, long-awaited, festival of Gypsy Jazz.

Over 3 days, you can attend 4 concerts in the intimate and beautiful atmosphere of St Keiran's Church, Cloughjordan, including Irish masters Andreas Varady (who started out in Limerick), the Hot Club of and expressed their delight in the fact Dublin and Locoswing plus worldrenowned players Robin Nolan, Lollo that the money was going to such worthy winners, they also wished the Meier and Tcha Limberger. These artists will also be offering a full day club well in putting the money to of music masterclasses at the aptlygood use this coming bank holiday named Django's Hostel, with where everybody from Lattin and Cullen is invited to come and join in workshops in all aspects of gypsy the work so that the club may contin- guitar technique both traditional and modern. ue to provide excellent facilities for all those in the community. Siobhan Carew and Siobhan O'Donnell would like to express their gratitude to those who have already helped with the modifications and stress that so much more can be achieved with this boost With the dark evenings fast apto the funds. The club is keen to wel- proaching, the Cashel Arts Fest comcome all volunteers from the villages mittee is busy putting the finishing this weekend, please contact them on touches to this year's Arts Fest pro086 3663267 or 086 3725700 if you gramme. Now in its ninth successful can lend a hand. year, Cashel Arts Fest 2011 is packed with events for all ages and interests to shake off the winter blues.

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Front row left to right. Janet O' Farrell , Siobhan Carew, Siobhan O' Donnell, Michael Ryan Ulster Bank Thurles, Sharon O'Dwyer, Susan Madden Ulster Bank Cresent Shopping Centre, Limerick.

Back row left to right. Danny O' Farrell, Ger Howe, John Quirke, Timmy O' Donoghue.

On Saturday night the county round of bowling was contested in Limerick with some stiff competition for a place in the all ireland final. The reigning county champions Moyne/Templetuohy showed what they were made of and bowled a fine game to retainin their title. The team will now go on to represent north tipperary at the up coming final to be held in conjunction with the Queen of the land festival next month.

For the full programme and details, see the festival website at www.cloughtoberfest.com Maximum seating for the concerts is 150, so do pre-book if you can. Tickets and accommodation can be booked online via the website, or from the festival office at 087 612 8577.

‘Arts For All’ in Cashel Arts Fest 2011

North Tipperary Macra na Feirme Newport Macra na Feirme held the North Tipperary meeting of the macra county executive last Friday night.

A great night was had by all who attended with the impromtu speaking taking place after the meeting. Everyone took part in the first round with topics such as, bed, puppies, doctors, tinfoil, shoes, beer and many more. Marian Keating of Newport and Kevin Ahern of Moyne/Templetuohy will be representing North Tipp in the next round following their wins. We were honoured to have President of the Macra, Alan Jagoe a native of Cork, present at the meeting.

The festival will also feature some fine Irish micro-brews as part of Bord Bia’s Irish Cheese and Craft Beer Weekend, including Metalman, BrewEyed, Trouble Brewing and Eight Degrees. There will be cheese and beer cookery demonstrations, free tasting sessions and home brewing workshops from Moneygall Brewing, who'll be handing out their special edition festival porter, “Django's Stingo”.

Alan Jagoe, President Macra na Feirme with members of North Tipperary Macra na Feirme

To kick off with: a themed Art Exhibition, Animals and Birds, on the 11th November in the Library, Council Chambers and Pop-up Gallery in shop fronts around Cashel Town (open for the duration of the Fest).

Literary Pub Trail, a free event that will immerse you in the stories, verse A North Tipp Christmas night out is and history of some of the interesting being organised for disco rollerblad- tales of Cashel’s past. Meeting on the ing. Anyone interested is more than Plaza at 9 pm on the 12th Nov, the welcome to come along. There are Trail will start in Feehan’s, move on many more events coming up such as to Mikey Ryan’s and then the Palace. the Rally (National Conference) in Cork next weekend, Bowling and The Annual Food and Craft Fair on Queen of the Land, indoor soccer, Sunday 13th, 11-4pm, (with the offithe welding competition as well as cial opening of the Arts Fest at 3pm) interviews soon to be held to decide promises to be a fun-packed family who will represent the county at next day. It will include: 2 free puppet years events including miss macra, shows, Gospel Choir, Sean Nós mr personality and miss blue jeans. dance demonstration, St Patrick’s Brass Band and street entertainment.

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Due to popular demand Jack Wise is returning to the Arts Fest this year.

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meal in Café Terrasse, at Cashel Shopping Centre. Be amazed at this unmissable night’s entertainment.

A Feast of Choral Music will be in store for you on the Saturday 19th of November in Ború Brú. Ireland’s leading Barbershop choir, 4 in a bar, will delight us with their sounds, also The Wilcollane Singers (the Cork city female voice choir), the Ursuline Chamber Choir and the Cashel Community School Choir.

Other events during the 10 day Fest include children’s and family workshops in: Pottery, Ballet, Animation, Creative Writing, Fly Tying, an Archaeological Dig, Creative Cake Decorating, and Drumming. Also, the annual Solo and Choir Singing Competion and an Art Trail.

Adult workshops include: Tapestry, Drumming, Jewellery, Photography, Mould and Casting, and Calligraphy.

Other events during the Cashel Arts Fest include: an Architecture Talk by Orla Murphy on Irish Rural Towns, a Celebration for the Irish Girl Guides Centenary, an Irish Short Film Night, and a Talk on Franz Liszt by Ian Fox. For more information check out our website, pick up a brochure or phone 087 0552179. Why not follow us on facebook and twitter?

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Luka Bloom to Play Fundraiser in Borrisokane on Sat 19 Nov Irish singer-songwriter Luka Bloom will perform at the Clarke Memorial Hall in Borrisokane on Saturday 19 November 2011 for one night only.

Bloom tours extensively. This year alone he has played in Holland, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, England and Ireland, and has added this date to his programme at short notice, having played in Borrisokane once before.

The upcoming local event is a fundraiser for the Clarke Memorial Hall, a Borrisokane venue which has recently been renovated and refurbished. It's organised by an active committee which has embarked upon an ambitious and diverse programme of events, with the aim of

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The concert will also feature performances by three local supporting groups by kind invitation of Luka Bloom. Doors open at 7.30pm and concert starts at 8pm sharp.

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Boys under 13 - Winners of the Boys U/15 3500m race at the County Juvenile Uneven Age Cross Country Championships in Clonmel recently. L to R 3rd Anthony Tobin, Clonmel A.C., 1st Darren Dunne, Nenagh Olympic A.C. & 2nd Killian Cullagh, Nenagh Olympic A.C.

Boys under 17 - Winners of the Boys U/17 5000m race at the County Juvenile Uneven Age Cross Country Championships in Clonmel recently. L to R 3rd Tom Hennessy, Nenagh Olympic A.C., 1st Jack Corbett, Thurles Crokes & 2nd Reece Maher, Clonmel A.C. Girls under 15 – Winners of the Girls U/15 3500m race at the County Juvenile Uneven Age Cross Country Championships in Clonmel recently. L to R 3rd Karen Kennedy, Thurles Crokes A.C., 1st Ciara Cummins, Moyne A.C. & 2nd Eimear Loughman, Dundrum A.C.

Moycarkey Coolcroo A.C. The County Juvenile Uneven Age & Intermediate Cross Country Championships took place in Powerstown Racecourse, Clonmel on Sunday 16th October. 26 of our juvenile athletes took part & we had a great day winning 7 individual medals & 2 sets of Silver team medals. Congratulations to all our athletes who took part & represented the Club so well.

Upcoming Fixtures are below:Sunday 6th November – Tipperary County Relays and Masters & U/23 Cross Country Championships at 12 noon in Thurles Crokes Complex.

Sunday 13th November - Munster Juvenile Uneven Age & Intermediate Cross Country Championships in Powerstown Racecourse, Clonmel.

First race starts at 11.30am.

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Sunday 18th December – Tipperary Senior & Junior Cross Country Championships in Dundrum.

Sunday January 15th – Munster Juvenile Inter –County Relays & Senior/Junior Cross Country Championships in Kerry at 12 noon.

Cross Country Training takes place every Tuesday & Thursday evenings at 7.30pm in the Middlepiece, Two Mile Borris. New athletes & help are most welcome.

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The County Juvenile Uneven Age & Intermediate Cross Country Championships took place in Powerstown Racecourse, Clonmel on Sunday, 16th October. Amid glorious sunshine & majestic views of Slievenamon, the day was a great success. Our thanks to Clonmel A.C. who did a great job in hosting these Championships & to all our County Board members & the clubs who provided help on the day.

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were no teams in the Girls U/19) while in the Boys team events Thurles Crokes A.C. won 3 titles, Clonmel A.C. won 2 titles & Nenagh Olympic A.C., won 1 title. Individual winners on the day were Veerla Van Der Wal, Clonmel A.C. (Girls U/9);Stephen Ferncombe, Dundrum A.C.,(Boys U/9); Kate Herke, Templemore A.C. (Girls U/11), Joshua O’Dwyer, Dundrum A.C. (Boys U/11), Emma Fagan, Newport A.C.(Girls U/13); Michael Purcell, Thurles Crokes A.C. (Boys U/13); With 12 individual titles up for grabs Ciara Cummins, Moyne A.C. (Girls U/15); Darren Dunne, Nenagh OlymClonmel A.C. emerged as the top pic A.C. (Boys U/15); Orlaith Club in the County winning 4 titles.

Moynihan, Clonmel A.C. (Girls The next clubs were Thurles Crokes U/17); Jack Corbett, Thurles Crokes A.C. & Dundrum A.C. with with 2 A.C. (Boys U/17); Cliona titles each & Nenagh Olympic A.C., Doyle(Girls U/19) & Sean Tobin, Templemore A.C., Moyne A.C. & Newport A.C. with 1 title each. In the Clonmel A.C. (Boys U/19).

Girls team events Clonmel A.C. won 3 titles with Nenagh Olympic A.C & For a full set of results, log onto tipperaryathletics.com Newport A.C. winning 1 each (there

Dundrum AC The Munster novice cross country was hosted in Clare on October, 23 2011 and the club was well represented in both the men's and ladies race. The ladies race was over a distance of 3K and Catherine Kelly ran very well to finish in 10th position, Catherine won the bronze medal in the under 23 category and lead the county team to the bronze medals.

Mary Keane was in 32nd position. In the men’s race with a field of 130 athletes Donal Keane had an excellent run finishing in 10th position with Martin Keane, Kevin Moore and John Shanahan completing the team in 17th, 26th and 40th positions. Ruaidhri Devitt and Michael Moore were in 55th and 57th position and Graham Butler and Liam Butler were in 80th and 97th position. The club had two athletes competing in the Limerick mini marathon recently with Dynphna Ryan finishing in 10th position with a time of 31:16 and Liz Breen had a time of 35:59.

Juvenile Results

Last Sunday the Munster even age juvenile cross country was held in testing conditions in Newmarket on Fergus Co.Clare. We had Six juveniles competing and they had a great day.In a field of around 100 athletes our Boys U/10 team of Ben Loughman 13th, Gearoid Ryan 22nd,Stephen Browne 25th and Aaron Renehan 41st combined well to win the club team silver medals. This was a great result. In the girls U/14 we had two girls on the start line, Eimear Loughman was 10th and collected an individual medal and won her place on the Munster team for the All Ireland in Sligo. Jean Kelly also had a fine run to be 5th Tipperary scorer on the county team. Inter county results were not available at time of print as there were some technical difficulty's on the day. The next juvenile outings will be the county cross country relays in Thurles on Nov 6th and the Munster uneven ages in Clonmel on Nov 13th.

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By Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services in Harold’s Cross The hospice movement has greatly improved the quality of care given to terminally ill people and their families. Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services in Harold’s Cross has launched The Mixing Bowl, a collection of ‘recipes of family, friendship and love’.

The Mixing Bowl began when Sean, an eighty-plus client of Our Lady’s Hospice, gave Dr. Sheela Perumal a recipe for apple sponge. More and more recipes appeared; in uniquely beautiful penmanship, scrawled on the back of a brown paper bag, transcribed on old newspaper, dictated to a family member to pass on. This col-

lection grew into The Mixing Bowl, a delectable collection of recipes that has a uniquely beating heart, each telling a different story, of love, of families in hardship and of friendship.

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wit that we sometimes overlook in our elderly community. It gives a glimpse into the rich and valuable lives of the men and women cared for every day in Our Lady's Hospice.

And the recipes are excellent and beautifully illustrated with colour photographs and line drawings. There are recipes for every meal, from traditional lamp hot pot to more unusual or exotic dishes such as chicken and peach bake and masoor dhal.

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Counselling Depression

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Let us now leave youth and move on to the elderly. While rates of depression are lower after 65 years of age than in the younger age group, it has now been shown that rates of depression increase among those older than 80 years of age. A Dutch study of the oldest old (over 85 years old) concluded that people in this age bracket were at high risk of developing depression, and that their depression is persistent. This study also showed that the loss of a partner was an important risk for the oldest of the old, and a strong predictor of depression.

It is now known, too, that rates of depression among those in nursing homes is very high. It has been estimated that almost three quarters of nursing home residents in the U.K. suffer from dementia, and there is a close association between dementia and depression. A study in 2006 of 24 nursing homes in the U.K. found that dementia sufferers felt that depression and anxiety were the main determinants of their poor quality of life. Their carers felt that the quality of life of these sufferers was due to being dependant. There is a lesson to be learned here for those looking after old people in these homes.

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loss, and health problems. They remark that the strongest predictor of depression appears to be health status. Other studies now link low blood pressure with depression. There is an interlinking of symptoms such as fatigue, pessimism, sadness, loss of appetite, weight loss and preoccupation with health between low blood pressure and depression.

It is also true that retirement may be associated with a loss of status and bring on depression. Rani Desai argues, however, that there is little evidence that retirement is a universal risk to mental health, although it seems that men are more at risk, especially if self-identity concepts are tied to employment. In other words if a person’s self-esteem is rooted in his work, then when the work is no longer there the self-esteem takes a battering. The type of job from which the person has retired is also a factor. Leaving a high powered job may bring about feelings of loss about power and control, while retiring from an ordinary job may bring stresses related to money. Being in retirement may be a source of depression in other ways, too; for example if the female spouse continues to work the relationship dynamic changes, and, on the other hand, if she is a homemaker she may resent a depressed male partner who is grieving the loss of status, income and so on. She may also be stressed by a partner who is suffering comorbidity. Bereavement appears to have a greater effect on elderly men than women.

Elderly men have a greater risk of suffering complicated (existing for a long time) bereavement after the death of a partner, and suffer from chronic depression. This depression may stem from the loss itself, or from loneliness, loss of social ties and support, and failing health.

Jim O’Shea works as a counsellor from Furze, Thurles. Ph.087-8211009 www.jimoshea.net. Jim O’Shea’s book ‘When a child dies. Footsteps of a Grieving Family’ is published by Veritas. The royalties from this book will go the the Children’s Hospital in Crumlin

Jim O’Shea’s new book called Abuse, about domestic violence, workplace and school bullying is now available on Amazon, published by Cork University Press and in Bookshops.

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